Titeltbukta

Topographic map of Jan Mayen

Titeltbukta (English: Ten Tents Bay) is a bay on the northwestern coast of the island of Jan Mayen. The name originates from the establishment of ten "tents" (in reality wood and brick structures) in the bay in 1624 by Dutch whalers to lodge the men who flensed (cut up) the whales. The Dutch also called it Zuidbaai (South Bay), as it was the most southerly of the whaling bays. The station built there was one of the two main stations established by the Dutch at Jan Mayen (the other being to the north at Engelskbukta).

References

Hacquebord, Lawrens. (2004). The Jan Mayen Whaling Industry. Its Exploitation of the Greenland Right Whale and its Impact on the Marine Ecosystem. In: S. Skreslet (ed.), Jan Mayen in Scientific Focus. Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 229-238.
Norwegian Polar Institute Place Names of Svalbard Database

Jan Mayen

General

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Geography

Land features	Beerenberg Eggøya Høybergodden Kapp Muyen Kapp Wien Nordkapp Rooberg Rudolftoppen Sørkapp Trollsletta

Water features	Båtvika Eggøybukta Engelskbukta Gouwenaerbåen Hoepstockbukta Hornbækbukta Jamesonbukta Maria Muschbukta Nansenflua Nordlaguna Rekvedbukta Sjuhollendarbukta Sørlaguna Titeltbukta

Human features	Olonkinbyen

Infrastructure

Coordinates: 70°54.5′N 8°56.7′W / 70.9083°N 8.9450°W / 70.9083; -8.9450

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